7. Chanting the Gayatri Mantra - the Gayatri Mantra chanted 11 times

In this video Ma discusses and demonstrates how best to chant the Gayatri

Chanting of the Gayatri mantra purifies the mind and confers delight, devotion, and detachment.

Gayatri mantra has three parts: praise, meditation and prayer. First, the Divine is praised, and then it is meditated upon in reverence and, lastly, prayer is offered to the Divine to dispel the darkness of ignorance and to awaken and strengthen the intellect. Dheemahi relates to the meditative aspect. Dhiyo Yo Na Prachodayat relates to the prayer.

The Gayatri mantra has all three elements that figure in the adoration of GOD – Praise, Meditation and Prayer. (1) Praise to Savitha The first nine words represent the attributes of the Divine and said It is to embody nine colours (1) Om (2) Bhuh (3) Bhuvah (4) Suvah (5) Tat (6) Savithur (powers) (7) Varenyam (8) Bhargo(9) Devasya." Dheemahi" is related to the meditative aspect. "Dhiyo-yo-nah prachodayaath" relates to the aspect of prayer. The mantra as a whole thus contains three aspects: descriptive, meditational, and prayer.

This prayer is for final liberation, through the awakening of the innate intelligence that pervades the universe as light. Gayatri is considered as Vedasara the essence of the teachings of the Vedas.

To one who chants the Gayatri Mantra regularly and with faith –
It is the reliever of diseases - Sarva roga nivaarini
It wards off all misery - Sarva duhkha parivaarini
It is the fulfiller of all desires - Sarva vaancha phalasri

This Mantra has been chronicled in the Rig Veda, which was written in Sanskrit about 2500 to 3500 years ago, and the mantra may have been chanted for many centuries before that. It first appears in the Rig Veda as the tenth mantra in the sixtieth sutra of the third Mandala. The Gayatri Mantra is also mentioned in Yajurveda (mantra 22/9, 30/2.36/3), and Samaveda (mantra1462).
ॐ
भूर्भुवःस्वः
तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं
भर्गोदेवस्यधीमहि
धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात् ॥
Om
Bhur Bhuvah swaha
Tat Savitur Varenyam
Bhargo Devasya Dheemahi
Dhiyoyonah Prachodayat

The Gayatri Mantra and Mudras Presented by Ma (Aparna Choudhuri)
   • 1. Introduction to the Gayatri Mantra and ...  

“Beloved Gayatri, illumine me, inspire me, strengthen me, so that I may walk upright.” Aparna Choudhuri

This video is part of a series and it is best watched in the order outlined below:
(1) Introduction to the Gayatri Mantra and Mudras
   • 1. Introduction to the Gayatri Mantra and ...  

(2) The Meaning of the Gayatri
   • 2. The Meaning of Gayatri  

(3) Meditation on Gayatri
   • 3. Meditation on Gayatri  

(4) Extended Meditation on Gayatri
   • 4. Extended Meditation on Gayatri  

(5) The Nyasas – Preparation
   • 5. The Nyasas – Preparation  

(6) The 24 Gayatri Poorva Mudras and their meaning
   • 6. The 24 Gayatri Poorva Mudras and their ...  

(7) Chanting the Gayatri Mantra - the Gayatri 11 times
   • 7. Chanting the Gayatri Mantra - the Gayat...  

(8) The 8 Gayatri Uttara Mudras and their meaning
   • 8. The 8 Gayatri Uttara Mudras and their m...  

(9) The Power of the Gayatri
   • 9. The Power of the Gayatri Mantra  

(10) The Practice of the Gayatri Mantra and Mudras
   • 10. The Practice of the Gayatri Mantra and...  

(11) The 24 Syllables
   • 11. The Gayatri 24 Syllables  

The link to the playlist is:    • 1. Introduction to the Gayatri Mantra and ...